You know you’ve been in Ghana six weeks when you...

• don’t wince when your taxi driver swerves suddenly into the path of oncoming traffic
• become impatient when he doesn’t
• stop taking photographs
• start saying words in a variation of the local accent for maximum comprehension
• forget frequently that you are in Africa
• have a rolling list of things that people could bring, package, send to you from home
• invest in a handkerchief to dab perspiration from your face, elegantly
• bump into people you know in random places
• wake up at 6.30am and feel you've slept in
• buy pure water sachets through your car window... and plantain chips, coat hangers, phone top up and anything else you just might need
• eat street food without a second thought
• think in cedis
• know people other than those who were on your flight
• start feeling chilly when it’s overcast
• have moved house three times
• ferry an assortment of washing basins, gas cylinder, pots and pans when moving house
• recognise tro tros and their mates
• have marmite, oyster sauce and kellogs special k in your kitchen cupboard
• start building a collection of locally tailored items
• run out of mr kipling’s cherry bakewells.